Published May 1, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Two-loop jet function and jet mass for top quarks

  • 1. Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)
  • 2. Departamento de Fisica Teorica II, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid (Spain)

Description

We compute the two-loop heavy-quark jet function in the heavy-quark limit. This is one of the key ingredients in next-to-next-to-leading order and next-to-next-to-leading-log order computations of the invariant mass distribution of top-jets at a future e+e- collider. The shape of the top-invariant mass distribution is affected by large logs which we compute at next-to-next-to-leading-log order. Exploiting the non-Abelian exponentiation theorem, a definition of the top jet mass is given which is transitive and whose renormalization group evolution is determined by the cusp-anomalous dimension to all orders in perturbation theory. Relations of the jet mass to the pole, MS, and 1S masses are presented at two-loop order.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
77
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 094008-094008.25
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2008 The American Physical Society